The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-18

Natural Law in the Business of the World"
by Henry Wood, is work in which the light of
natural law is applied to the live social and econ
omical types which now attracting attention.
1t aims to expose the abuses and evils which
masquerade under the banner of labor, and the
bad results of class prejudice and antagonism.
Labor combinations. and their effect on the
laborer; socialistc tendencies: excess of econ
omic and railroad legislation: the distribution of
wealth; principles governing corporations and
railroads. and also many other prominent issues,
are fully and thoroughly examined, in their
connection with unvarying natural laws and
principles 1t is shown clearly that the business
world Is permeated by natural law. and that
success in any department can only be gained
by conformity to it. The opposing combina-
lions. unions. corners. unwarranted legislation.
sentimental and socialistc ideas, and everything
else OF an artificial nature. are shown to be
mischievous destructive, and a false basis
In short, it is spirited discussion of live topics
OF unusual interest Boston: Lee & Shepard.
Indianapolis: The Bowen Merrill Company.
Cloth. 10 cents.
The publication agency of the Johns Hopkins
University of Baltimore, have rendered an
additional public service in issuing work called
philadelphia, 1681-18S7." by Edward P. AL
linson and Boies Penrose, of the Philadelphia
bar. The work is history Of municipal devel-
opment as illustrated in the evolution of city
government in Philadelphia While the
work is largely local it contains also
much of general application and great
value relative to municipal government.
1t is OF peculiar interest to students OF NUM-
cipal questions because the development of the
government of Philadelphia begins with the
most characteristic form of a medieval English
borough corporation, and after passing through
almost every system and phase of municipal in
situations. ends with the Bulhtt charter, en-
hpapi no 1otoc Of ain
ment Indianapolis: The Bowen Merrill Com
pany
Correspondence Between Goethe and Carlyle"
edited by Charles Eliot Norton, embraces
Clothes letters now In the possession of Mrs.
Carlyle. They had been done UP in parcel and
packed away by Carlyle, some thirty years before
his death, among quantity of other papers,
and their hiding place was forgotten, even by
himself They were found after his death. The
letters of Carlyle printed from the originals
row preserved in the Goethe archives at Weimar.
The correspondence began when Carlyle was
twenty eight years old and Goethe seventy-hve
1t betrays the similarity of their intellectual as
plrations and methods and the sympathy of
their moral natures Each of G9thes letters is
given in the original German and then translated
The entire correspondence is carefully edited.
New York: Macmillan & Co; indianapolis: The
Bowen Merrill Company. Cloth, So.
Masters of the Situation, or Some Secrets
of Success and Power" by W. J. Tilley. is a
work calculated to interest thoughtful readers
It treats of the always interesting and always
important question of success in life and the
means by which it is attained. "Promptness,"
Individuality" Genius" application "En.
thusiasm," manners" Opportunity, Masters
of the Situation" ETC., some of the topics
discussed. The subjects quoted convey but an
inadequate idea of the scope and richess OF the
work, which is free from any symptom of didac-
tic dryness, and the discussions Of which TEEN
with opposite Illustrations Chicago: S. c.
Griggs a. Co. Indianapolis: The Bowen Merrill
Company. Cloth, SIP
Baltimore and the 10Th of April, 1861" by
George William Brown, Mayor of the city in
1861, is a narrative of the events that occurred
in Baltimore on the date above-named, when Mr..
Lincoln passed through the city on his way to
Washington where the first blood in the war
was shed in the street fight which occurred be-
tween the Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts vol
unteers and mob of citizens. The author of
the work, the then Mayor of Baltimore, was
in a good position to know the facts. and seems
to have made careful record of them. It is
published by the Publication Agency of the
Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore.
We have received Volumes 3 and of the
'Ideal Edition of Shakespeare" issued by John
B. Alden, of New York. Volume contains
1.-THE Merchant of Venice" GAS You Like It."
''The Tanning of the Shrew,r 'Alrs Well that
Ends Well" and Volumes Twelfth Night. or
What You WILL" THE Winters Tale" Life
and Death of King John" The en- tire set is to
per, with large. clean type, nicely bound in
cloth. at the very low price of so cents a vol
ume. 1t is worth while to write and get the
publishers prospectus
Elements of Physiological Psychology" by
George T. Ladd, professor of philosophy in Yale
University, is further defined as a treatise of
the activities and nature of the mind from the
physical and experimental point of view. The
work has been prepared and arranged SO as to fit
it for use both textbook by special stu
dents of the subjects of which it treats and also
by such readers as desire to know the results of
the latest psyche physical researches. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Indianapolis:
The Bowen Merrill Company.
1.-THE Factors of Organic Evolution" nv Her
bert Spencer. embraces two essays published in
the Nineteenth Century for April and May,
1885, To these the author has made some addi-
tons in the way of simplifying particular points
and emphasizing special features of his phlos-
opny New York: d. Appleton & Co. Indian
apois: The Bowen Merrill Company.
The illustrated Strawberry Cnlturist," by
Andrew S. Fuller. contains about all that any
body could desire to know concerning the cult
u-e of strawberries, including field or garden
culture, pot culture, how to grow from seed,
hybridizng, etc. New York: o. Judd Com
pany, Indianapolis: The Bowen Merrill Com
pany.
NEW NOVELS.
knight Errant," by Edna Lyall author of
| ''Won by Waiting" etc. New York: D. Apple
| ton e. Co. Indianapolis The Bowen Merrill
| Company
THE Old House at Sandwich" by Joseph
| Hatton. New York: D. Appleton & Co. In
dianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company.
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